Substitute Teacher Accused of Lewd Act Said He Was Fixing Pants: Court Documents

Published February 26, 2014•Updated on February 27, 2014 at 7:30 pm

A 72-year-old substitute music teacher in Connecticut who was dismissed after a staff member said she found him masturbating at school Wednesday morning told authorities he was just adjusting his pants, according to court documents.

Michael Luecke, of Stamford, appeared in court today. He is being held on $10,000 bond.

A staff member at Westhill High School in Stamford was walking in an area of lockers just after 7:33 a.m. on Wednesday when she saw Luecke on the ground and approached him because she thought he was hurt.

Luecke was immediately removed from a classroom that he was overseeing, brought to the main office and detained.

Police said they reviewed surveillance, which showed Luecke in the corner of a stairwell at Rayner building “suspiciously manipulating the front of his pants” while looking at students in the courtyard around 7:30 a.m.

Three minutes later, Luecke was seen going behind a bank of student lockers for approximately a minute, then emerging and lying on his back.

Then the video shows the witness confront him while he is on the floor. It also shows Luecke’s pants open. He appeared to be in an aroused state, according to police.

Police said they are working to identify the six students who passed Luecke’s while he is “conducting this act” to assess a need for counseling.